An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

A view of a car race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on September 10th, 1961. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand...

A view of a car race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on September 10th, 1961. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand...

Racecar driver Eddie Mitchell, Miss Fairground Speedways, and an unidentified man holding a trophy at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway on September 10th, 1961. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891...

A view of people in the grandstands watching a car race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on September 10th, 1961. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness...

A view of a car race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on September 10th, 1961. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand...

A view of a car race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on September 10th, 1961. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand...

A view of a car race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on September 10th, 1961. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand...

A view of people in the grandstands watching a car race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on September 10th, 1961. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness...

A view of a car race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on September 10th, 1961. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand...